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Included are high-temperature formulations for 3D-printed tooling.

We’ve seen 3D-printed cars, kayaks, even a house. So naturally a spacecraft is next on the agenda.

Provides print speeds up to 40% faster than its predecessor, with a reported lower cost per part.

Materials supplier installs automated composite molding cell, and custom molder opens advanced composites center.

See new equipment ranging from upgraded corona and open-air plasma surface treaters to a variety of printing equipment, including several being controlled by one software system, and the latest films in the water transfer printing process

Solvay Specialty Polymers, Alpharetta, Ga., announced at the K 2013 show in Dusseldorf that it has reached an agreement to acquire a financial interest in Canadian-based Aonix Advanced Materials, Ottawa, Ont.

Bayer MaterialScience, Pittsburgh, will acquire the U.S. polycarbonate sheet business of Arkema Inc., Philadelphia.

Testing included initial validation of patent-pending MeltShape Technology, a new technique for enhanced control of layer shape and improved bonding between layers.

ZL Engineering Plastics Inc., Lenexa, Kan., a supplier of stock shapes, has started up its first U.S. extrusion operation in response to growing demand.

Germany’s Bayer MaterialScience (U.S. office in Pittsburgh) and Solid Composites GmbH have partnered to develop TPU powders for SLS (selective laser sintering), a digital rapid-prototyping and additive-manufacturing method for fabricating 3D structures by using a laser beam to sinter thin layers of powdered materials.